Books Quote by Alexander Chee

Writers aren't born, they're made - from practice, reading, and a lot of caffeine.

— Alexander Chee

I had a naiveté that I would remember the things that I had written already, but I was getting lost in the forest of…

— Alexander Chee

“None of the young women who wanted her position knew what her position was.”

— Alexander Chee

“Sappho isn't really meant to be read. It's meant to be sung and there were dances for the songs, also. Sappho was a performance…

— Alexander Chee

“Nothing to fear from a fate that was already yours, then, except, perhaps, that it would never leave you.”

— Alexander Chee

As I get ready to buy a new computer, I'm stunned at all the many micro drafts, of different chapters and scenes and whatnot,…

— Alexander Chee

Everyone would tell me they couldn't identify with sexual abuse. No one says they can't identify with the tales of the Greek gods and…

— Alexander Chee

“When I was a boy and I sang, my voice felt to me like a leak sprung from a small and secret star hidden…

— Alexander Chee

“You ought to know, you were my best friend. You were. I know you loved me. I loved you. No one should have gone…

— Alexander Chee

Each source that I read, I would look through the bibliography and the footnotes, and use that as a map for the next thing…

— Alexander Chee

“Writers aren't born, they're made--from practice, reading, and a lot of caffeine. And sometimes tutelage.”

— Alexander Chee

One of my big inspirations was Céleste Mogador. She was a courtesan who wrote her memoirs in order to pay off her debts, which…

— Alexander Chee